جمل

جُمَّلٌ جمل جملة (S, K, &c.) and ↓ جُمَلٌ and ↓ جُمْلٌ (K) and ↓ جُمُلٌ and ↓ جَمَلٌ (IJ, K) [ A cable; ] the rope of a ship, (S, K,) i. e., the thick rope thereof, (TA,) that is also called قَلْسٌ, (S, TA,) consisting of [ a number of ] ropes put together: (S:) and ↓ جُمَالَةٌ also signifies [the same; or] a thick rope, because consisting of many strands put together; pl. جُمَالَاتٌ; (Zj, TA;) which Mujáhid explains as meaning the ropes of bridges; but I 'Ab, as the ropes of ships, put together so as to be like the waists of men [ in thickness ]. (TA.) In all the forms mentioned above, except the last (جمالة), the word is read in the phrase [in the Kur vii. 38], حَتَّى يَلِجَ الجُمَّلُ فِى سَمِّ الخِيَاطِ [ Until the cable shall enter into the eye of the needle ]: (K, TA:) I 'Ab reads الجُمَّلُ, (S, TA,) and so do 'Alee and many others: ↓ جُمْلٌ is pl. [or rather coll. gen. n.] of جُمْلَةٌ, a strand of a thick rope; or, accord. to IJ, pl. of جَمَلٌ [q. v.]: the first is explained by Fr as meaning ropes put together; but Aboo-Tálib thinks that he meant ↓ جُمَلٌ, without tesh-deed. (TA.) -A2- حِسَابُ الجُمَّلِ, (S K,) thought by IDrd to be not Arabic, (TA,) and ↓ الجُمَلِ, (K,) but IDrd doubts its correctness, The calculation by means of the letters د ج ب ا, &c. (TA.)